Megathura crenulata Giant keyhole limpet

Megathura crenulata is commonly referred to as Giant keyhole limpet. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

7488 

AphiaID:

527885 

Scientific:

Megathura crenulata 

German:

Große Kalifornische Schlüssellochschnecke 

English:

Giant Keyhole Limpet 

Category:

Snails 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Lepetellida (Order) > Fissurellidae (Family) > Megathura (Genus) > crenulata (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Sowerby I, ), 1825 

Occurrence:

Eastern Pacific Ocean, Mexico (East Pacific), North Pacific (Ocean), USA 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

0 - 33 Meter 

Habitats:

Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Ocean beach, Seashore, Rocky, hard seabeds, Stony soils 

Size:

12,5 cm 

Temperature:

59.54 °F - 75.38 °F (15.3°C - 24.1°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), algae grazer, epiphytes feeder, Bryozoans (sea mats), Clams, Crustaceans, Foraminifers, Hydrozoa polyps, omnivore, Red slime algae, Sea squirts, Sea weed, Snails, Worms, Zoobenthos 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

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  Megathura crenulata
  Große Kalifornische Schlüssellochschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-08-31 19:47:05 

Last edit:

2025-01-15 10:18:14 

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